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Spasms Symptom Report

A spasm is a sudden, violent, involuntary contraction of a muscle or a group of muscles (including involuntary muscles such as in an artery, the colon, or the esophagus), attended by pain and interference with function, producing involuntary movement and distortion. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Spasms severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Spasms

Treatments Patients Take For Spasms
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
15 5% Tizanidine HCl: 5%
8 3% Baclofen: 3%
7 3% Carisoprodol: 3%
4 1% Cyclobenzaprine: 1%
4 1% Diazepam: 1%
4 1% Gabapentin: 1%
3 1% Clonazepam: 1%
2 1% Leg Massage: 1%
1 0% Alprazolam: 0%
1 0% Lorazepam: 0%
1 0% Methocarbamol: 0%
1 0% Tolterodine: 0%
1 0% Trileptal: 0%

Report created on November 23, 2009.